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Cell Organelle Riddles! :D

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I've been called the storage tank by those with little taste. I am a sack filled with water, food, enzymes and waste. I am the...

a)

Central Vacuole

b)

Lysosome

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Gogli Apparatus

2.

I'm full of holes, am flexible and thin. I control what gets out as well as what comes in. I am the....

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

d)

Nucleus

3.

I am found only in plant cells. I'm as green as can be. I make food for the plant using the sun's energy. I am the...

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Mitochondria

4.

I am the brain of the cell, or so they say. I regulate activities from day to day. I am the...

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Lysosome

c)

Nucleolus

d)

Nucleus

5.

I am the fluid in the cell that fills in all the space. My main purpose is to hold organelles in place. I am the...

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Nucleus

d)

Ribosome

6.

I am strong, so getting through me is rough. I am found only in plant cells. I'm what makes them so tough. I am the...

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Nucleus

d)

Cytoplasm

7.

I am a real "powerhouse", that's plain to see. I break down food and release energy. I am the...

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nucleus

d)

Cell Membrane

8.

I collect molecules and make them more complex. I store these molecules or send them into the cytoplasm or out of the cell. I process the proteins produced by the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and ribosomes. I am the...

a)

Lysosome

b)

Nucleus

c)

Central Vacuoles

d)

Golgi Apparatus

9.

I am found only in plant cells. I am the outermost part of the plant cell. I am make of a specialized sugar called cellulose. I provide support and protection and give plants their shape. I am the...

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Nucleus

d)

Lysosome

10.

I am the cell's transport system. There are two types of me, rough and smooth. The rough type has ribosomes attached. I am the...

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)

c)

Nucleus

d)

Golgi Apparatus

11.

I am the "brain" of the cell and I control all the activities of the cell. I am located in the cytoplasm, but you would not find me in prokaryotic cells. I am the...

a)

Nucleus

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

Mitochondria

12.

We direct the genetic information of the cell. We are made of DNA and found in the nucleus, usually in pairs. We are the...

a)

Nucleus

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Chromosomes

d)

Ribosomes

13.

We build proteins in the cell. We can be found in several places in the cell, including in the cytoplasm and on the endoplasmic reticulum. We are...

a)

Ribosomes.

b)

Nucleus

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Lysosome

14.

I act like a digestive system in an animal cell. I contain enzymes that break down wastes and other materials. I am a...

a)

Nucleus

b)

Lysosome

c)

Golgi Apparatus

d)

Mitochondria

15.

I am a food processor for plants cells. I absorb light energy from the sun and use it to convert carbon dioxide and water to sugar and oxygen. I am NOT found in animal cells.

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Central Vacuole

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Mitochondria

16.

I am a large storage unit in the cell. I am very large in plant cells and I store water, food and waste. I help support the plant. When I start to shrink due to lack of water, the plant may wilt. I am the...

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Lysosome

d)

Central Vacuole

17.

When a cell needs energy, I take in nutrients, break them down and supply energy to the cell. I can also convert stored energy in the cell to food. I am a...

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Ribosome

18.

I am a protective layer around the cell, but I am not one solid piece. I have tiny openings that allow materials to pass in and out of the cell. I am the...

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

19.

I am found inside of the nucleus. I help produce ribosomes. I am the...

a)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nucleolus

d)

Ribosome

20.

I am the jelly-like fluid inside the cell. I provide an area of movement for all the dissolved molecules that keep the cell working. I am the...

a)

Central Vacuole

b)

Golgi Apparatus

c)

Lysosome

d)

Cytoplasm